Topic: Rollie Fingers

A's leading off

0 . Bleeding A's blue: Some old Kansas City A's were honored before the game, including Tommy Lasorda, who pitched in Kansas City in 1956, his ...
It sounds like an awesome task, to name the ten top baseball players in United States history. 10) Three way tie between Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, and Ted Williams. Interesting trio, but Williams could hit a nail being thrown across the plate ...

Rollie Fingers

Rollie Fingers is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for three teams during his seventeen-year career: Steubenville, Ohio 1981 Cy Young Award Winner 1974 World Series MVP Uniform number retired by both Brewers and A's Even while Fingers ...

Old Baseball Cards. Now What?

I would like to get them sold. Too many sellers outweighing the buyers. So I contacted a few sites that buy cards. I have some descent ones; Nolan Ryan, Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers. Hall of Famers, guys that were up-and-coming and in ...
? In 1988, Jeff Reardon became the first pitcher who had saved 40 games in a season in both leagues. Reardon began his career in baseballwith the Mets, and he pitched for seven teams during his career, which spanned1979 to 1994. Rollie Fingers ...

What is a Handlebar Mustache?

If the ends of a full mustache are allowed to droop, the style may be considered more of a Fu Manchu, but through the use of pomades such as moustache wax, the wearer can stiffen and curl the ends to create a ...

Oakland As Hall of Fame Members

nie Mack Enos Slaughter Chief Bender Stan CoveleskiWaite Hoyt Willie McCovey Tris Speaker Lou Boudreau Dennis Eckersley Catfish Hunter Joe Morgan...

1981 Baseball Season

The 1981 baseball season is, unfortunately, best remembered for the ten-week players' strike that canceled 713 games and put America through a disorientating summer. Fernando Mania swept America in 1981 as Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican rookie sensation for the Dodgers, led the ...
The faded marker in California's Melrose Abbey Cemetery in Anaheim reads " But the man resting beneath is no longer lying in obscurity -- because the writer of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" finally has a marker to match his grand contribution ...
If you've followed the story, you know that what started out as an AOL Weird News article just a couple of months ago now soon became something much more.. Such was the case when my opening day piece lamenting the sorry ...